“…To a solution of compound 2 37 (50 mg, 0.17 mmol) and 4-ethyl-1-methyl-pyridin-1-ium (66 mg, 0.26 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (5 mL) was added an amount of piperidine, the mixture was stirred under an argon atmosphere at 70 °C for 7 h. The resulting mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, and the precipitate was filtered off and then washed with acetonitrile to yield dark green solid (53 mg, 61%). 1 H NMR (400 MHz, chloroform-d) δ 8.68 (d, J = 6.7 Hz, 2H), 8.15 (d, J = 15.3 Hz, 1H), 7.67 (d, J = 6.5 Hz, 2H), 6.96 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 1H), 6.57 (s, 1H), 6.53− 6.45 (m, 1H), 6.40 (dd, J = 8.9, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 6.16 (d, J = 15.2 Hz, 1H), 4.59 (q, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H), 3.44 (q, J = 7.0 Hz, 4H), 2.48 (dt, J = 23.7, 6.2 Hz, 4H), 1.78 (p, J = 6.0 Hz, 2H), 1.68 (s, 1H), 1.59 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 3H), 1.22 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 6H). 13 Synthesis of Compound 3.…”